It is worth noting that no Ghibli film prior to Princess Mononoke portrayed violence with such realism and frequency, and no film after did either.
Miyazaki went there because the story required it; the world where the Samurai, Emishi & Old Gods clashed was an unforgiving place.
Upper class men will use pics of lower caste, underprivileged men working in inhumane conditions, appropriate their struggle and proclaim “feminism ends here”
Beyond that, they never give a shit about improving their working conditions and treating them as dignified human beings rather than disposable labour.
I don’t understand men. Instead of asking for better working conditions for these men who have to work to somehow escape poverty, you are hating on feminism which means equality and equity?
i was gonna check this out then saw she’s in her 20s and he’s in his mid 40s…manga/anime is allergic to portraying actual older women (esp with signs of aging) as romantic interests #nothankyou